on the local school district getting a 4.6 million grant to help improve education.

on the local school district that is going to have a 160 million buck shortfall and schools that are preparing for cuts.

on students at the St. John the Baptist Parish school system who have completed an accelerated program are still going on to more education.

that students in Kindergarten need more play during the day. They say more play is needed at this early of an age because that is the way they learn better.

The group looked at kindergarten schools in New York City and LA and found more time was spent on math and literacy than on play.

They found for both cities that daily time spent on test prep was over 20 minutes a day, 45 plus minutes a day on math, 75 plus minutes a day for literacy.

Included in the report is a list of 12 different types of play

with the first draft of the common core standards for students.

on the mess the schools in South Africa are in. Teachers who skip school are rarely punished and less than half of the students even make it to 12th grade. A video is included.

They also report on an a new initiative that focuses on early learning programs.